#UnitedKingdom
https://www.europesays.com/821251/ Fear of X-ray age tests ‘may force UK child asylum seekers to flee’ | Immigration and asylum #UnitedKingdom

"Rishi Sunak is likely to face a series of legal challenges aimed at thwarting his plans to U-turn on net zero policies amid further international condemnation of the proposals."
https://www.europesays.com/821214/ Tax cuts ‘virtually impossible’ at present, says Jeremy Hunt #UnitedKingdom

https://www.europesays.com/821178/ Sexual harassment: Women medics in NHS ‘pressured into sex’ #UnitedKingdom

EU Parliament research recommends non-EU nations tighten crypto regulation - Potential implications around financial stability, lower market a... - https://cointelegraph.com/news/european-union-parliament-non-eu-nations-crypto-regulation #globalcryptocommunity #europeanunion #unitedkingdom #unitedstates #europe #mica
https://www.europesays.com/821095/ NatWest says issue of missing cash deposits has been resolved #UnitedKingdom

Revealed: Ex-Nigerian gov’t official to share in $11bn gas scandal damages
https://www.cyclingeu.com/59707/riding-scooter-target-destination-from-workplace-to-hometown-toronto-night-may-14th-ot/ Riding Scooter: Target Destination @ From Workplace to Hometown Toronto @ Night | May 14th OT #Bicycling #Biking #BikingUK #Cycling #driving #satisfying #travel #travelvlog #UK #UnitedKingdom #Video #Videos #Viral

https://www.europesays.com/820969/ Girl receives UK’s first rejection-free kidney from mum #UnitedKingdom

Pink News: ‘Racist, homophobic’ teen who defaced Windrush mural named https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/09/22/teen-dafaced-windrush-mural-named/ #LGBT #LGBTQ #Trans #Lesbian #2SLGBTQ #UnitedKingdom #Homophobia #SouthWales #racism #Crime #News #UK
Novels from Canada, Ireland, US, UK finalists for Booker Prize for fiction
Keir Starmer says Labour in power wouldn’t ‘want to diverge’ from EU
Party leader says he would not bring in lower environmental and food standards than in Europe or reduce workers’ rights
#News #EuropeanNews #Europe #EU #EuropeanUnion #UK #UnitedKingdom
‘He is making the UK a climate villain’: MEPs denounce Sunak’s net zero retreat
Politicians from across the divide say ‘suicidal’ policy U-turns will harm environment and Britain’s economy
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/sep/21/rishi-sunak-climate-villain-eu-meps
#News #EuropeanNews #Europe #UK #UnitedKingdom #RishiSunak #ClimateChange
https://www.europesays.com/820933/ Warner Bros studios in Leavesden to expand, creating 4,000 UK jobs #UnitedKingdom

https://www.europesays.com/820905/ Medway Council faces bankruptcy, says report #UnitedKingdom

Joe Biden raised Canadian Sikh separatist’s murder with Modi at G20: Media
https://www.europesays.com/820892/ Prisoner released after 18 years in jail for trying to steal coat and phone | ITV News #UnitedKingdom


Today's Thing of Beauty: #Kensington #Palace grand staircase #London #England #UnitedKingdom #royalty #photography Photo by me.

Rugby head injuries: Hundreds of former players taking legal action
https://www.europesays.com/820824/ Russia spy suspect unmasked as ‘beautician specialising in eyelash extensions’ #UnitedKingdom

https://www.europesays.com/820775/ New guidelines urge UK libraries not to avoid controversial books and ideas | Books #UnitedKingdom

https://www.europesays.com/820751/ HS2 may not go to Manchester because more people are working from home, business secretary hints #UnitedKingdom

https://www.europesays.com/820719/ What a load of rubbish! Truth behind Rishi Sunak’s ‘seven bins’ and ‘meat tax’ claims #UnitedKingdom

https://www.europesays.com/820675/ King’s diplomatic speech to French Senate receives standing ovation #UnitedKingdom

UK to charge five Bulgarian nationals with spying for Russia
New Yorker: Rishi Sunak’s Self-Serving Climate Retreat https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-the-uk/rishi-sunaks-self-serving-climate-retreat #NewYorker #News/LetterfromtheU.K. #UnitedKingdom(U.K.) #BritishElections #PrimeMinisters #Climate #Britain #Policy
https://www.europesays.com/820640/ Landlords in Yorkshire abandon buy-to-let market over high interest rates #UnitedKingdom

"‘We need more investment, not less’: UK voters on Sunak’s net zero rollback"
Rishi Sunak Claims To Have ‘Scrapped’ Meat Tax Plan – But Did That Plan Actually Exist? #AnimalRights #meat #UnitedKingdom #UK #politics #GoVegan https://plantbasednews.org/culture/politics/rishi-sunak-meat-tax/
Resurrect bill to ban ‘selfish’ imports of hunting trophies to UK, Labour urges #AnimalRights #TrophyHunting #UnitedKingdom #UK https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/21/resurrect-bill-to-ban-selfish-imports-of-hunting-trophies-to-uk-labour-urges
https://www.europesays.com/820604/ Fireman arrested over filming-in-showers claim – BBC News #UnitedKingdom

https://www.cyclingeu.com/59471/toec-city-crit-paris-wahoo-rgt-cycling/ TOEC City Crit Paris Wahoo RGT Cycling #Bicycling #Biking #Cycling #CyclingUk #UK #UnitedKingdom

https://www.europesays.com/820564/ Wealthy but worried: why the UK’s top 10% are turning their backs on the rest of society #UnitedKingdom

The National: Scotland [and Wales] is a 'region in England', according to UK Parliament website
https://www.thenational.scot/news/23805718.scotland-region-england-according-uk-parliament-website/
#Alba #Scotland #AChuimrigh #Cymru #Wales #Sasainn #England #AnRìoghachdAonaichte #UnitedKingdom #UKParliament

UK FCA gives unregistered crypto firms ‘final warning’ on ads regime compliance - The financial regulator expressed its frustration at the lack of ... - https://cointelegraph.com/news/uk-fca-unregistered-crypto-firms-final-warning-ads-regime-compliance #cryptocurrencies #unitedkingdom #advertisement #ukgovernment #marketing
https://www.europesays.com/820525/ Brexit: ‘We don’t want to diverge’ from EU, says Sir Keir Starmer #UnitedKingdom

Former Kremlin lobbyist picked as UK Conservative candidate
Former GPlus boss hopes to be MP for Harpenden and Berkhamstead.
https://www.europesays.com/820477/ Call to shut down Bristol schools’ use of app to ‘monitor’ pupils and families #UnitedKingdom

"Sunak should be wary of backtracking on net zero – what history tells us about flip-flopping on the environment"
https://www.europesays.com/820424/ Five charged in UK with spying for Russia #UnitedKingdom

https://www.europesays.com/820382/ Co-op ramps up members-only deals as two-tiered shopping rise continues #UnitedKingdom

https://www.europesays.com/820340/ Mass XL Bully walk in city ‘not allowing dogs’ after online backlash #UnitedKingdom

https://www.europesays.com/820295/ Stiff upper lip might be better for mental health after all, study suggests #UnitedKingdom

"Car industry leaders have condemned Rishi Sunak’s plan to row back on the government’s net zero policies and delay its ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel vehicles as “incredibly confusing” and “hugely retrograde”."
#UK #UnitedKingdom #EV #ElectricVehicles #Cars #Vehicles #NetZero
King Charles urges stronger France-UK ties, partnership on climate change
"Sunak rolls back EV and home heating policies, citing cost-of-living crisis"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #EV #ElectricVehicles #Cars #Vehicles
https://www.edie.net/sunak-rolls-back-ev-and-home-heating-policies-citing-cost-of-living-crisis/
"Boris Johnson has waded into the row over Rishi Sunak’s plans to U-turn on some of the government’s net zero commitments, warning his successor that he “cannot afford to falter now” or “lose our ambition” for the country."
Champions League: Bayern beat Man United, Arsenal rout PSV
Russell Brand never hid his misogyny. So why did so many fail to see it?
Pink News: Police investigate homophobic hate crime in Bristol bar https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/09/21/homophobic-hate-crime-bristol-police/ #LGBT #LGBTQ #Trans #Lesbian #2SLGBTQ #UnitedKingdom #Hatecrime #Crime #News #UK
https://www.europesays.com/819739/ Three quarters of rape and sexual assault survivors say mental health worsened by police – report #UnitedKingdom

Sunak announces U-turn on several UK net zero policies
"Octopus Energy has developed new residential heat pumps, with plans to initially market a 6 kW version, followed by larger models in the near future."
#UK #UnitedKingdom #HeatPumps #OctopusEnergy
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2023/09/18/octopus-energy-introduces-new-residential-heat-pumps/
"London facing 45C days ‘in foreseeable future’, mayor Sadiq Khan warns"
"EY’s latest EV Country Readiness Index has listed the UK as fifth for its EV market, behind China, Norway, the US and Sweden. The Index ranks nations based on the market size for EVs, how the supply chain is and will perform and how regulation is helping or hindering the market."
#UK #UnitedKingdom #EV #ElectricVehicles #Cars #Vehicles
https://www.edie.net/uk-ranked-fifth-for-ev-market-preparedness-despite-policy-slip-ups/
When #ClimateChange activitists & auto makers are upset about the #UnitedKingdom 🇬🇧 compromising on #GlobalWarming pledges, you know you really screwed up.
👉🏾 Britain set to roll back climate pledges, enraging campaigners and auto groups https://www.cnbc.com/2023/09/20/uk-automakers-hit-back-as-reports-say-pm-sunak-will-dilute-green-policies.html
Arsenal, Man Utd, Bayern Munich: 5 Champions League matches to follow today
"Britain is considering delaying until 2035 its ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars - five years later than currently planned, the BBC reported on Tuesday."
🏙 City: Birmingham, United Kingdom
🏛️ Attraction: Victoria Square House
❓ What's the most beautiful scenery you've ever seen while sightseeing?
➡ Experience the beauty of Birmingham: https://visitsights.com/sightseeing-tours/United%20Kingdom/Birmingham?mtm_campaign=mastodon
#️⃣ #Travel #UnitedKingdom #Building #Heritage #Birmingham #Sights #Sightseeing
© Credits: Wikimedia / Bs0u10e01 / CC BY-SA 3.0

Barcelona, Man City, PSG win opening games as UEFA Champions League returns
@fulelo Remind me, when was the last time #Britain was a leader, or at least somewhat proactive, in tackling the potentially existential challenges to *their* way of life:
🔹 the degradation of environment (global warming and various types of pollution) and
🔹 the threats to liberal democracy (inequality and rising authoritarianism)
"The Last Farewell" is a song from 1971 by British #folk singer #RogerWhittaker (music and vocals on original recording) and Ron A . Webster (poem and lyrics). Whittaker hosted a radio programme in The #UnitedKingdom in 1971, backed by an orchestra with arrangements by #ZackLawrence. Whittaker says "one of the ideas I had was to invite listeners to send their poems or lyrics to me and I would make songs out of them. We got a million replies.
https://youtu.be/GMC5lJnzaVI
"Sewage continued to pour into the River Thames and its tributaries on Monday as Britain’s creaking water infrastructure again failed to cope with heavy rains."
#UK #UnitedKingdom #RiverThames #Water #Sewage #Pollution
https://inews.co.uk/news/environment/heavy-thunder-storms-sewage-thames-tributaries-2623928
YouTube cuts off Russell Brand’s ad revenue after sexual assault claims
“Loch Tulla Viewpoint”
This is one of the smaller lochs along the West Highland Way and can be found close to Inveroran and Bridge of Orchy. The views around here are amazing.
🔎 https://nicolas-hoizey.photo/galleries/travels/europe/united-kingdom/scotland/loch-tulla-viewpoint/
📅 30 April 2014
📸 Canon EOS 5D Mark II + EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM
🎞️ ISO 250, ƒ/13, 1/25s
#Travel #TravelPhotography #Europe #UnitedKingdom #Scotland #Photography #PhotoOfTheDay #DailyPhoto #MastoArt

What UK, Australia, US said on Canada accusing India of killing Sikh leader
UK police receive sex assault allegation following Russell Brand reports
Barry Bennell, former coach and serial paedophile, dies in UK prison
England pick Brook instead of Roy for Cricket World Cup title defence
"After a 100-year absence, ruthless carnivores are flourishing again on a peat bog near Garstang in Lancashire."
‘We’re going to be unpopular’: Do sports protests help or harm activism?
Iran detains Mahsa Amini’s father, cracks down on protests: Rights groups
UK comedian Russell Brand accused of rape, sexual assault: Media
Received a notification today advising that I will no longer be able to #vote in the #UnitedKingdom
If a #british citizen has been out of the country for 15 years they can no longer vote back home. This law was supposed to have been changed but the #conservatives have failed at that.
Even though I still have assets back home I don’t feel too bad about not being able to vote.
British nurse Lucy Letby to appeal convictions for killing seven babies
@SocraticEthics It's not surprising it took the #UnitedKingdom so long to declare the #Wagner mercenaries a terrorist organization. The #ChainOfCommand that such approvals need to navigate is VERYT long and convoluted in a #monarchy , what with all the Ministers, Viscounts, Earls, Dukes and Duchesses, Kings and Queens and whatnot! 🤷♂️
Bahrain activist Maryam al-Khawaja denied boarding on UK to Manama flight
UK sanctions senior Iranian officials one year from Mahsa Amini’s death
Princess Diana’s iconic ‘Black Sheep’ sweater sells at auction for $1.1m
Australia to toughen laws on ex-military staff who train foreign armies
"The Environment Agency is failing to regularly audit water companies to check they are telling the truth about pollution and illegal sewage dumping in England, the Guardian can reveal."
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Pollution #Sewage #EnvironmentAgency #Environment
Britain’s monarchy is dying, and no PR can save it
UK rejoins Horizon Europe and Copernicus programmes
The United Kingdom and the European Commission (EC) have reached an agreement on the UK's participation in Horizon Europe (EU's...........
#Copernicusprogramme #HorizonEurope #UK #UnitedKingdom
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UK Parliament adopts controversial Northern Ireland ‘legacy’ bill
BP chief Bernard Looney steps down over past relationships with colleagues
Whilst roamin' in the gloamin', I was really lucky to be in the right place (at the right time) to capture these vibrant reflections after sundown in the Caledonian Canal at Corpach, near Fort William in the Western Scottish Highlands.
#Scotland #UnitedKingdom #ScottishHighlands #sunset #landscape #photography
More Than 650 Academics Urge UK Universities To Go Plant-Based #plantbased #food #university #universities #GoVegan #UnitedKingdom #UK https://plantbasednews.org/news/environment/academics-call-uk-universities-plant-based/
On this day in 1962, Trinidad and Tobago gained independence from the United Kingdom. Happy independence day, friends!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinidad_and_Tobago_Independence_Act_1962
#Trinidad #TrinidadAndTobago #WestIndies #Colonialism #UK #UnitedKingdom #Independence
This chart is really interesting. It only has data until 2019, but separates CO2 emissions by sector.
74% of the emissions reduction in the UK came from the Electricity and Heat sector. 11% came from Manufacturing and Construction, 4.5% from Buildings and 2.5% from Transport.
So overall, the drop in emissions between 2008 and 2021 in UK can be mainly attributed to a greatly reduced use of coal in electricity generation.
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/co-emissions-by-sector?time=2008..latest&country=~GBR
Royal Air Force Museum London #photography #avgeek #aviation #hendon #london #raf #rafmuseum #royalairforce #royalairforcemuseum #royalairforcemuseumlondon #uk #unitedkingdom #highlight (Flickr 2023-06-07 14:10:15) https://www.flickr.com/photos/7489441@N06/52978913619
"A leading climate crisis author has staged a walkout at Edinburgh international book festival in protest at its sponsor’s links to fossil fuel companies."
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Edinburgh #Climate #ClimateChange #FossilFuels
"The Conservative Party received a £2 million donation in March from a petrochemicals executive whose business interests include a Russian textiles plant, DeSmog can reveal."
"Bats are avoiding solar farms and scientists aren’t sure why"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Solar #SolarPower #Energy #Renewables #Bats #Animals
https://theconversation.com/bats-are-avoiding-solar-farms-and-scientists-arent-sure-why-211074
https://www.europesays.com/768767/ Catastrophic PSNI blunder identifies every serving police officer and civilian staff, prompting security nightmare #UnitedKingdom
"Mayors from cities around the globe have urged Sadiq Khan to stay strong in the face of harsh criticism of his clean air policies."
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Ulez #Emissions #Pollution #AirPollution
Seton-Karr, W. S. (1893). The Marquess Cornwallis. United Kingdom: Clarendon Press. https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/_/rO21AAAAIAAJ #History #Histodon #Histodons #UK #UnitedKingdom #GreatBritain #Britain #British #India #Book #Books #Bookstodon #Ebook #Ebooks @bookstodon @histodon @histodons (19)
Hume, D., Smith, A., Strahan, W. (1777). The Life of David Hume, Esq. Ireland: V. Strahan and T. Cadell. https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_Life_of_David_Hume_Esq/i0gJAAAAQAAJ #History #Histodon #Histodons #Philosophy #Biography #Autobiography #Philosopher #Philosophers #Scotland #UK #UnitedKingdom #GreatBritain #C18th #18thCentury #Book #Books #Bookstodon #Ebook #Ebooks @philosophy @histodon @histodons @bookstodon (13)
That floating prison barge for the UK? It’s owned by Bibby Lines, who began its operations running slave ships in the 1800s.
Yeah, you read that right.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CvR5ozZIzzT/
#Enslaved #Prison #FloatingPrison #UK #UnitedKingdom #ModernSlavery #MigrantBarge #Colonization
"Oil and gas supermajors including Shell and BP are using UK influencers to push false solutions to the climate crisis and manufacture a more family friendly image, DeSmog can reveal."
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Shell #BP #FossilFuels #Energy #Climate #ClimateChange
"Voters have little faith in either Labour or Tories to tackle climate change, polls shows"
Never a phone when you want one…
I guess if you're in London, you probably won't have much trouble finding a public phone. A group of them stood here, wherever it is. Empty and alone.
Meanwhile, traffic passes in the background, casting eerie light trails through the photo.
https://inphotos.org/2023/07/28/never-a-phone-when-you-want-one/
#photo #photography #London #UnitedKingdom #LongExposure #PhoneBoxes
Afua Hirsch: Why anti-racism work is under threat in the UK
#Defederation is all the rage and the #UnitedKingdom has been a pioneer since 2016. While you all are busy defederating from #Threads, the #UK already plans to defederate from most messaging infrastructure.
#OnlineSafetyBill
"A white-tailed eagle chick has been born in England for the first time in more than 240 years, with conservationists “utterly elated” by the new arrival."
👋 #introduction, because I didn't really do one first time around. I'm on a #selfhosted instance so... feel free to #SayHi, or boost to introduce me to your friends (it's lonely on a server by yourself!).
:bisexual_flag: :polyamory_flag: #Queer #polyamourous #geek. Too late to be a renaissance man and not smart enough to be a polymath, I have to content myself with being a jack-of-all trades. #Blogger for ~25 years (https://danq.me), casual #fediverse user since 2018. #IndieWeb fan since forever.
🇪🇺 :socialiststar: European in exile living in West #Oxfordshire, #UnitedKingdom, with my partner @fleeblewidget, her husband @misterjta, our two children, and a derpy #dog. Politically #environmentalist #socialist.
:automattic: :threerings: Work for #Automattic since 2019: I love that I get paid to help contribute #softwareDevelopment to some of my favourite #OpenSource tools! Founded and #volunteer with a #NonProfit called #ThreeRings, producing software to help streamline charities.
:geohashing: :geocaching: When I've time for fun, I'm into #geohashing, #geocaching, #cycling, and performing #magic. Sometimes at the same time.
:hehim: He/him pronouns.
UK signs 'biggest trade deal' since Brexit
"By removing the plastic steak trays, Sainsbury’s will save 10 million pieces of plastic each year, a positive change in the world of packaging. The plastic replacement, carboard trays, are to be fully recyclable requiring only a rinse before being thrown into kerbside recycling bins."
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Sainsburys #Plastic #Plastics #Packaging
https://www.edie.net/sainsburys-switches-from-plastic-to-cardboard-for-own-brand-steak-trays/
The #SNP and #ScottishGreens announced their position on drug decriminalisation, advocating for a healthcare and science based approach to policy. Considering #Scotland’s infamous drug problem, with drug deaths and other similar metrics being markedly worse than in other countries, drug policy such as this has the capacity to change the lives of millions.
Over on the dystopian hell site, however, my feed is full of angry and confused drug decriminalisation campaigners: buoyed by the Scottish Government’s strong position, and dismayed by the so-called Labour Party balking at the prospect with Rachel Reeves and Anas Sarwar having both rejected the proposal in public statements.
Why is this so surprising to you? Of course they reject drug decriminalisation: they aren’t listening to young people, to those who’ve recovered from addiction, or to communities that administer care. They’re listening to angry daily mail readers, and the editors of the national rags. That’s it.
For the love of all that is holy, can we stop staring into the eye of Sauron - expecting some form of humanity to stare back.
The Labour Party is finished, ideologically speaking. They committed political suicide when they ousted all of their leftwing activists and now they are sleepwalking into power with nothing compelling to offer.
Starmer, Reeves, and by extension all of the Scottish Labour stooges have sold themselves down the river for the prospect of a sniff of power. This robs them of ability to make meaningful change, unless it fits a very narrow set of criteria, which is exactly where the papers want Labour to be. The tories don’t behave like this, only liberals do.
This cycle of inaction is killing our society. We need independence from the British empire and we need it now.
#scotpol #scottishpolitics #snp #sgp #scottishgreens #drugs #decriminalisation #conservatives #tories #britishempire #unitedkingdom #labourparty #labour
Never sure how much weight to put into the results of a #YouGov poll 🗳️ but it's very funny to see that #JeremyCorbyn is still (?) the most popular politician in the #UnitedKingdom 🇬🇧
The top five are all #Labour 🔴 politicians and the current Prime Minister, #RishiSunak 🔵 sits in sixth place.
@cstross Scotland's biggest issue has been a lack of voice within the UK. Now it maybe better off being a part of EU, outside the UK #History #UnitedKingdom https://traffic.libsyn.com/yinhistory/EP36-United_Kingdom.mp3
“Portree harbour”
Portree is the largest town on the Isle of Skye in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland.
Built around the harbour are a famous range of brightly painted buildings featured in a few movies, like the romantic comedy Made of…
🔎 https://nicolas-hoizey.photo/galleries/travels/europe/united-kingdom/scotland/portree-harbour/
📅 1 May 2014
📸 Canon EOS 5D Mark II + EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM
🎞️ ISO 200, ƒ/16, 1/60s
#Travel #TravelPhotography #Europe #UnitedKingdom #Scotland #Photography #PhotoOfTheDay #DailyPhoto #MastoArt